Places of Interest

Župný dom – Nábrežie slobody

The baroque – classicism building was built by Imrich Marczibányi in the end of 18-th century. Originally it was used as a salt stock and an office building. Nowadays it houses the Museum of the Púchov Culture and there are the town ceremonial and representative rooms there.

The building of 1904 is related to two remarkable personalities. In 1911-1925 a Slovak poet, evangelical priest Vladimír Roy lived and worked there.

A commemorative board informs about that and another board gives information of Jan Amos Comenius who stayed in Púchov during his journey.

A new gotique church built in the place of an old church in 1880. There is a rennaissance altar of 1643 inside. The altar was in the Marczibányi chapel originally but this one does not exist nowadays. The altar is a masterpiece of an unknown master, made probably according to some other pattern, of linden wood, rococo- rennaisance style. Pictures of four evangelists and statues of Peter and Paul are on the sides.

The church was built in 1940 in the place of an old rennaisance church probably from 13-th century. Only the original ship, reconstructed in baroque style in the first third of 18-th century remained, being connected to the new 1940 church building. The rennaissance ship had two fields of a comb cross arch. It was connected to the tower in about 13-th century. The 1940 new church has been basilical, with modern outside architecture, the tower has baroque – classicism character with clear pilastres and a baroque- latern mine. The inside architecture is very representative. The altar of Saint Cross with carvings made by J. Bártfay the sculptor is very well composed in. A little sculpture of Pieta from 2-nd half of 17-th century is the oldest masterpiece in the church.

It was built in 1771 in the place of a previous church founding date of which has not been known. Baroque-classicism style, three altars inside, with a valuable wooden oracule in the main altar.The church has classicism pulpit and font, pictures on the side altars are from the 2-nd half of 19-th century. The church was destroyed by fire a few times in its history.

The chapel was built by the Marczibányi family in 1746. It consists of four bearing columns with a baldachin arch over. Three sides of the chapel are open, in front of the fourth one there is a statue of the Virgin Maria with Jesus the child.

The two-tower chapel is near the railway station, in a slope below the cemetery. It comes from 19-th century.

This baroque statue from 1733 is in the present Námestie slobody, being surrounded by four lime trees in front of the Roman - Catholic Church.

A stone statue of Saint Joseph holding the child in his arms.

A great job in discovering historical development of the town had been done by baron Emil Fredrich Johannes Hoenning O´Caroll, a native from Hildesherm, who was burried in Púchov. He did research of the Púchov Rock, where he found many remarkable objects. Ater the first important success in 1888 when he found a bronze bracelet and two bronze clips he devoted his work and research to the Rock for a long time.It was justified that in a quite small territory of this place there were a few periods of all cultures from the older Stone Age till the period of the Roman Empire.The results of Hoenning´s investigation have been housed not only in the Slovak National Museum in Martin, also in Budapest and Vienna.The only known look of the Rock has been made by Hoenning. This picture shows the archaeological situation and refers to the folk tradition:it was said that the rock reminded of Maria Therese and her court counsellor Václav Antonín Kounic. The Púchov Rock nowadays has an absolutely different look as there was a stonepit in the previous century there.